How IT Fixed London's Traffic Woes In a nation known for spectacular IT failures, a new traffic reduction scheme has gained global attention for its smashing success. The secret? Strong project management applied to well-designed systems.

Wherever Green Is Worn? Multiculturalism in contemporary Ireland: a review of Multi-culturalism: The View from the Two Irelands, a brief book featuring essays by two of the island's most prominent literary critics: Edna Longley (who resides in Northern Ireland) and Declan Kiberd (who lives in the Republic).

Artifact: News From Airstrip One Astonishing posters first graced London in October. They are a celebration of intrusion, via supposedly all-seeing surveillance cameras on London's buses, in the guise of increased security.

Bye-Bye, Jury Britain is poised to eliminate almost two-thirds of all jury trials, according to a report in the New Statesman. New rules would allow a wide range of offenses (including any crime with a maximum sentence of less than two years) to be tried solely by a judge employed by the crown...